Past Producer

Kachkanar Complex

Russia
PalladiumPlatinumIridiumOsmiumNickelCopperIron
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Commodities
PrimaryPalladium, Platinum
SecondaryIridium, Osmium, Nickel, Copper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlUpper Horizons Of Dunite And Diallagitic Pyroxenite Bodies In Core Of Brachysyncline Richest In Pt Minerals , Pt Minerals Associated With Massive And Dissemminated Titanium Magnetite Ores.
Materials
Ore mineralsIridium, Iridosmine, Palladium
Geology
Associated rockGabbro,Norite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10039091
MRDS IDM046630
RegionEU
Data scoreC
Coordinates58.73567, 59.53985
References
YUSHKO-ZAKHAROVA, O. YE, ET AL. 1967, GEOCHEMISTRY OF PT METALS, GEOCHEM. INT'L, VOL. 4, NO. 6, PP 1106 - 1118.RESHITKO, V.A.,1968, PLATINUM IN BRACHYSYNCLINES OF KACHKANAR GABBRO-PERIDOTITIC MASSIF, URAL, INT'L GEOLOGY REV.,V.10,NO.6,PP.663-671RAZIN,L.V.,1976,GEOLOGIC AND GENETIC FEATURES OF FORSTERITIC DUNITES,ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,VOL.71,NO.7,PP.1371-1376